Quicktime X - export for web creates files that can't be uploaded

I'm trying to post a video to my website that can be viewed via computer or iphone. I used the "save for web" command and checked all three options: iphone, iphone (cellular), computer. There resulting folder had all three files and a reference ".mov" file which I understand will select the correct file based on the device being used to access the movie. I created an .html file based on the instructions and even used the sample file to make sure everything worked on the local level. The only problem is that when I went to upload the folder to the web, I couldn't upload any of the actual movie files because there were spaces in the file names, for example: the file named "olympics" was automatically saved as "olympics - iPhone (Cellular).3gp" and "olympics - iPhone.m4v," etc. The server would not me to upload files with spaces in the name. When I tried to remove the spaces and ext. puncutation, the files could upload but were no longer seen by the reference mov called "olympics.mov". Is there a solution to this problem, either in the way the reference movie is created or in the way the files could be uploaded with spaces? Thank you for your help...

Hi Kim,
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
Are they sill that way on Safe Mode?
Is Spotlight trying to index that drive?

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Quicktime X - export for web creates files that can't be uploaded

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